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The Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, is delighted with the implementation of the project announced Monday by Connexion Fibre Picanoc regarding accessibility to High-Speed Internet in the Pontiac. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, she declared that providing several municipalities and residences of the MRC Pontiac with fiber optics is one of her […]

The Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac has announced the upcoming reopening of the counter at its service point located in Chapeau. As explained by the general manager of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac, Stéphane Labine, various procedures have been put in place to ensure the safety of all staff members. CHIP101.9 · […]

The mayor of the municipality of Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, Serge Newberry, was back last Monday at the meeting of the municipal council, he whose departure on sick leave for an indefinite period had been announced by the council last May. During this municipal meeting, the traffic was discussed on certain streets of the municipality which were the […]

Daily update from the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller regarding the situation surrounding COVID-19. CHIP101.9 · June 03 2020_ Jane Toller Update

The Outaouais region has so far reported 547 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the crisis. The Pontiac local service network (RLS) still has 5 cases or less, all located in the municipality of Pontiac. No cases have been identified in the MRC Pontiac. The number of hospitalizations at the COVID-19 designated center in […]

The most recent data concerning COVID-19 in the Outaouais indicate that only one case has been declared in the region in the last 48 hours. Still no case has been listed to date in the MRC Pontiac. The cases detected in the Pontiac Réseau local de service (RLS) were observed in the municipality of Pontiac. […]

It is once again possible to have open fires in the Outaouais. La Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) announced the partial lifting of the ban on open fires on Sunday afternoon, which had been in effect since mid-April, given the weather conditions which evolved and the change of season in several […]

Daily update from the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller regarding the situation surrounding COVID-19. CHIP101.9 · June 02 2020_ Jane Toller Update

The Quebec government held a press briefing today to update citizens regarding the situation surrounding COVID-19 across Québec. These press briefings are broadcast live on the air in French at 1 p.m. on CHIP 101.9. During The Drive on CHIP 101.9, after 5p.m., the following English report was presented to summarize the briefing and its […]

Two months in to this COVID-19 pandemic, the CHIP 101.9 newsroom contacted the mayor of the municipality of Campbell’s Bay Maurice Beauregard, to learn more about how the municipality is handling the new measures during this crisis. Although, no cases have been confirmed in the MRC Pontiac thus far, Beauregard stated that they are still […]